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Jennifer Gates recently welcomed her first child — making Bill Gates a first-time grandfather.
  • Jennifer Gates, 26, is the eldest child of philanthropists — and billionaires — Bill and Melinda Gates.
  • Gates is set to receive a "minuscule portion" of her parents' wealth.
  • In March, she welcomed her first baby after reportedly purchasing a $51 million NYC penthouse.
Jennifer Gates, 26, is the eldest daughter of Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates.
Jennifer Gates

She has two younger siblings, Rory and Phoebe.

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Gates wasn't allowed to own a phone until she was 14.
Bill Gates and Jennifer Gates
Bill Gates and Jennifer Gates attend Global Champions Tour of Monaco at Port de Hercule in Monte-Carlo, Monaco, on June 30, 2018.

While their father might be famous for founding Microsoft, Entrepreneur reported that the Gates kids had a "cap on screen time" growing up.

Source: Entrepreneur

Gates and her siblings attended her father's alma mater.
Gates children

They all went to Seattle's private Lakeside High School.

Source: Business Insider

Gates graduated from Stanford University in 2018.
Jennifer Gates

She earned a degree in human biology and took a year off to focus on her equestrian passion before going to medical school. She told Sidelines Magazine her childhood pediatrician inspired her to pursue medicine.

She said in a February 2021 Instagram post that her parents also sparked her passion for medicine.

Source: CNN, Business Insider, Sidelines Magazine

She's an accomplished equestrian and has been riding since she was 6.
Jennifer Gates

One of her favorite horses is named Alex.

"He is super sweet, down-to-earth, easy-going, but you can also go fast and have a lot of confidence, so I am really excited about him," she told US Equestrian in November 2017.

Source: Herald Weekly, US Equestrian

Gates' father has supported her passion.
Jennifer Gates horse

He set about buying property in Wellington, Florida, a hot spot for wealthy equestrians. The Miami Herald reported he dropped $37 million to buy a whole string of properties near Laurene Powell Jobs' estate.

Source: The Daily Mail, The Real Deal, The Miami Herald, Business Insider

Gates has competed against Eve Jobs.
Eve Jobs horse equestrian
Eve Jobs.

She's also gone up against other famous show jumpers born to celebrities and high-profile figures, like Michael Bloomberg's daughter Georgina, Bruce Springsteen's daughter Jessica, and Steven Spielberg's daughter Destry.

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She said it was a balancing act in college.
Jennifer Gates horse

While she was a student at Stanford, Gates told the Horse Network that balancing school and horseback riding made her life "a little busy, but I love doing both."

Source: Horse Network

Gates also makes time to travel.
Jennifer Gates

Her Instagram highlights past trips to Kuwait, Spain, Australia, and other exciting places.

Source: Instagram

Bill Gates is determined for his children to forge their own paths in life.
Bill Gates
Bill Gates

In 2011, he told The Daily Mail that his kids would each get a "minuscule portion" of his wealth, which Forbes estimates stands at $109.9 billion.

"It will mean they have to find their own way," he said.

Source: The Daily Mail, CNBC, Forbes

Gates is enrolled at Mount Sinai's Icahn School of Medicine.
Jennifer Gates

Gates told The Chronicle of the Horse in March 2020 that all of her medical-school classes had been temporarily moved online because of the coronavirus. 

According to her LinkedIn, she's expected to finish medical school this year.

Source: ET, New York Post, Instagram, The Chronicle of the Horse

Her parents have property nearby.
Jennifer Melinda Gates

The New York Post reported that in 2017, her parents bought a $5 million condo that's only blocks from her medical school.

Source: New York Post

She got engaged in early 2020, and married in October 2021.
jennifer gates nayel nassar

In January 2020, Gates announced her engagement to the renowned Egyptian equestrian Nayel Nassar. Nassar also attended Stanford University. "I can't wait to spend the rest of our lives learning, growing, laughing, and loving together," she wrote on Instagram at the time.

They married in October 2021.

A post shared by Jennifer Gates (@jenniferkgates)

 

Source: Forbes Middle East, Business Insider

Gates and Nassar are both riders for Paris Panthers.
Jennifer Gates Nayel Nassar

It's a show-jumping team founded by Gates, who also manages the team. In 2019, they competed and placed ninth in the Global Champions League.

Source: CNN

Gates has also expressed an interest in using her privilege to help others.
Bill Gates Jennifer Gates

"I was born into a huge situation of privilege," Gates recently told Sidelines Magazine in an interview for the publication's July 2020 issue, "and I think it's about using those opportunities and learning from them to find things that I'm passionate about and hopefully make the world a little bit of a better place."

Source: Business Insider, Sidelines Magazine

In November, Gates and Nassar announced they are expecting their first baby.
jennifer gates kissing nayel nassar at the Longines Grand Prix de New York
Jennifer Gates kissing Nayel Nassar at the Longines Grand Prix de New York.

In a joint Instagram post with Nassar on Thanksgiving, Gates wrote they are "thankful." with a green heart and baby bottle emoji. 

A post shared by Jennifer Gates (@jenniferkgates)

 

Gates recently purchased a six-bedroom penthouse in Tribeca for $51 million that used to belong to Formula 1 champion Lewis Hamilton.
Lewis Hamilton

The penthouse is 8,900 square feet with a 3,400 square-foot outdoor space. It was purchased through a Seattle-based trust tied to Gates.

Hamilton bought the penthouse for $43.99 million in 2017 and listed it for $57 million in 2019. He eventually sold it to a Seattle-based LLC — not tied to Gates — for $49.5 million in November 2021.

In addition to the six bedrooms, the three-level penthouse also has six bathrooms, two powder rooms, a plunge pool,  gas fireplace, and access to two parking spaces. 

Source: New York Post, The Real Deal

Gates welcomed her first child with Nassar in March, making Bill Gates a grandfather for the first time.
Bill Gates

Gates shared a photo on Instagram of her and Nassar holding the newborn's feet with the caption "sending love from our healthy little family."

Gates announced her pregnancy in an Instagram post last November.

 

Gates's parents both shared their first public photos with their first grandchild on Instagram.
Bill Gates
Bill Gates

In his first publicly shared photo with his first grandchild, Bill Gates wrote, "I can't wait to watch you discover the world."

 

"There is nothing quite like holding your first grandchild," Melinda French Gates wrote, adding a smiling emoji surrounded by hearts. "It seems like just yesterday I was holding Jenn at this age. Now she has a baby of her own—and I am bursting with pride watching her and Nayel step into their new role as parents."

 

Both first-time grandparents posted their photos around the same time, but it's not clear if they were taken during the same or a separate visit.

Source: Insider

Taylor Borden, Debanjali Bose, Áine Cain, and Katie Canales contributed to an earlier version of this report.

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